Re: type friction C <-> scheme

[Catonano]

2017-06-10 0:33 GMT+02:00 Matt Wette <address@hidden>:

I think Mike caught your real error: you were passing (list ‘* ‘int ‘*) and
> it wants (list ‘* int ‘*).  `int’ is a variable defined by guile.
>

And isn't `*' a variable defined in guile too ?


>
> scheme@(guile-user)> (use-modules (system foreign))
> scheme@(guile-user)> int
> $1 = 8
>

yes, and

scheme@(freexl common)> *
$14 = #<procedure * (#:optional _ _ . _)>

I took a look at the guile-gcrypt code again

it's full of things like

'(* * ,int ,size_t *)

that is, only asterisks (pointers) are quoted

Other types are not

So this must be an established convention

It just seems unconsistent to me